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Text-to-image arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated July 14, 2026

Best images
GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,336Score
Best open model
Best from China
HiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream1,263Score
Top three by Score
1GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAI1,336
2Reve 2.0Reve1,278
3MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI1,266
Top three open models
1Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)NVIDIA · #9 overall1,219
2HiDream-O1-Image-Dev-2604HiDream · #21 overall1,183
3Ideogram 4.0 QualityIdeogram · #29 overall1,164
This week's changes
kimi-k3Coding · #1New
Gemini Omni FlashVideo · #1New
HappyHorse-1.1Video · #3New
Wan2.7-260612Video · #6New
SkyReels V4Video · #17New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—GPT Image 2 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,336±8
2—Reve 2.0ClosedReve1,278±11
3—MAI-Image-2.5ClosedMicrosoft AI1,266±10
4—Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)ClosedGoogle1,257±11
5—GPT Image 1.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,257±8
6—Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)ClosedGoogle1,252±8
7—Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)OpenNVIDIA1,219±9
8—Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)ClosedGoogle1,216±8
9—MAI-Image-2.5-FlashClosedMicrosoft AI1,206±10
10—Krea 2 MediumClosedKrea1,196±9
11▲ 1MAI-Image-2ClosedMicrosoft AI1,187±8
12▼ 1Krea 2 LargeClosedKrea1,186±9
13—Imagen 4 Ultra Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,177±8
14—Imagen 4 UltraClosedGoogle1,169±8
15—Ideogram 4.0 QualityOpenIdeogram1,164±9
16—Imagen 4 Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,159±8
17—MAI-Image-2-EfficientClosedMicrosoft AI1,155±8
18—Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)ClosedGoogle1,153±8
19—GPT Image 1 (high)ClosedOpenAI1,128±8
20—Lucid Origin UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,118±8
21—Lucid Origin FastClosedLeonardo.Ai1,109±8
22—Imagen 3 (v002)ClosedGoogle1,105±8
23—Imagen 4 StandardClosedGoogle1,097±8
24—Reve Image (Halfmoon)ClosedReve1,094±8
25—GPT Image 1 Mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI1,086±8
26—Imagen 4 Fast Preview 0606ClosedGoogle1,078±8
27—Ideogram 3.0ClosedIdeogram1,074±8
28—Imagen 4 FastClosedGoogle1,071±8
29▲ 1Midjourney v7 AlphaClosedMidjourney1,065±8
30▼ 1Ideogram v2ClosedIdeogram1,065±8
31—Midjourney v6ClosedMidjourney1,064±8
32—Ideogram v2 TurboClosedIdeogram1,052±8
33—Midjourney v6.1ClosedMidjourney1,048±8
34—MAI Image 1ClosedMicrosoft AI1,039±8
35▲ 1Ideogram v1ClosedIdeogram1,029±8
36▼ 1Phoenix 1.0 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,028±8
37—Firefly Image 5 PreviewClosedAdobe1,021±8
38▲ 1Ideogram v2a TurboClosedIdeogram1,012±9
39▼ 1Ideogram v2aClosedIdeogram1,011±9
40—Phoenix 0.9 UltraClosedLeonardo.Ai1,007±8
41—Gemini 2.0 Flash PreviewClosedGoogle1,004±12
42—Krea 1ClosedKrea1,003±8
43—Firefly Image 4ClosedAdobe1,000±8
44—Phoenix 1.0 FastClosedLeonardo.Ai991±8
45—Runway Gen-4 ImageClosedRunway974±9
46—DALLE 3 HDClosedOpenAI956±8
47—Gemini 2.0 Flash ExperimentalClosedGoogle956±12
48—DALLE 3ClosedOpenAI946±8
49—Firefly Image 3ClosedAdobe930±8
50—Sana Sprint 1.6BOpenNVIDIA929±9

Intelligence over time

Each maker's best model at the time on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, by the month it was released.

Gained most · Anthropic +57.2Highest now · Anthropic 64.6Gap between highest and lowest 18.1 ptsTime range Nov 2025 – Nov 2026
64.6Anthropic60.0Google56.9OpenAI50.1Meta46.5Kimi

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Open or closed follows the license Arena gives; prices and Artificial Analysis intelligence show only where model names match, otherwise “—”.